the other

noun

: the person or thing that remains or that has not been shown or mentioned yet

I held on with one hand and waved with the other.

Each of them looked at the other.

: an opposite place or thing

We moved from one side of town to the other.

Examples of the other in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Images of the model tramping through the fields of Worthy Farm—polystyrene cup in one hand, cig in the other—have featured in just about every nostalgic listicle this magazine has ever published. —

Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 21 June 2024 However, unlike the mysteries surrounding the other monoliths, the makers of the California column came forward to reveal themselves. —

Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 21 June 2024 Within each group, 12 people drank an amount of vodka equivalent to about two glasses of wine or two cans of beer; the other 12 didn’t have anything to drink. —

Kristen Fischer, Health, 21 June 2024 Sneed’s assignment was typically shadowing the other team’s best receiver, a role likely to go to Trent McDuffie this season. —

Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for the other

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